Difference between revisions of "Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Numbers"

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In Chinese, the word week is called 星期 xīngqī (literally "period of stars"). The day of the week is built by adding the number AFTER the word week 星期:
In Chinese, the word week is called 星期 xīngqī (literally "period of stars"). The day of the week is built by adding the number '''after''' the word week 星期:
* Monday <span class="notranslate">星期一 xīngqī yī</span>
* Monday <span class="notranslate">星期一 xīngqī yī</span>
* Tuesday <span class="notranslate">星期二 xīngqī èr</span>
* Tuesday <span class="notranslate">星期二 xīngqī èr</span>
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The word "Sunday" is special and is either <span class="notranslate">星期天 xīngqī tiān</span> (day of the sky) or <span class="notranslate">星期日 xīngqī rì</span> (day of the sun).
The word "Sunday" is special and is either <span class="notranslate">星期天 xīngqī tiān</span> (day of the sky) or <span class="notranslate">星期日 xīngqī rì</span> (day of the sun).
And yes, the week is not Chinese tradition but Judeo-Christian.